Crime & Safety

Supervisor Tells Deputy that Employee Showed up to Work Despite Having Been Fired

The supervisor said he had fired his step-sister the day before.

The supervisor of a Barrow County business notified law enforcement recently that an employee he had fired showed up to work anyway. 

About 8:20 a.m. April 10, 2012, a deputy with the responded to a Statham business address, where the supervisor said he had terminated the employment of his step-sister the day before. 

The supervisor said his step-sister showed up to work as if she was still employed and had refused to leave. 

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The deputy found the employee working at her desk. According to an incident report, the deputy advised the woman that since her employment had been terminated and she had been asked to leave that she would be required to depart the premises. The woman was prohibited from the property for two years. The deputy advised that if she wished to dispute her termination or being prohibited from the property, she would need to do so and reach an agreement before she returned to the business. 

The woman left the property and advised the deputy she would follow up with her step-father, who she said was is in control of the business.

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